MANILA, Philippines – Chinese Taipei used a big third quarter run to dethrone defending champion China in a shocking 96-78 upset in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 Manila FIBA Asia Men’s Basketball Championship at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday night.
Chinese Taipei outscored China, 31-12, in a big third quarter explosion that overturned a 10-point China halftime lead.
The Taiwanese rallied behind the inside presence of naturalized player Quincy Davis and their outside sniping as the once mighty China lead suddenly crumbled.
Davis’ alley-oop play capped off a 15-0 run by the Taiwanese bridging the second and early part of the third quarter.
Yi Jianlian gave China its final lead, 52-50, before Tien Lei’s triple ignited a furious 21-12 exchange that gave Taipei a nine-point edge, 71-62, into the fourth quarter.
China never knew what hit them as Taipei continued to pour the heat in the payoff period.
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